Archive for August, 2006
Psalm 119:33-40 “He”
Thursday, August 24th, 2006This post is part of the series, Blogging Through Psalm 119. Please refer to that post for an index of all entries in this series.
I was browsing over some of the psalm, and I found that much of it is repetitive. I think this is what makes many of the psalms wonderful for praise and [...]
Random Thoughts - 08/24/06, Part 2
Thursday, August 24th, 2006More on My Homeboy Edwards:
Ligon Duncan at Reformation21 has some excerpts from the Christianity Today cover story on reformed theology.
Justification by Sanctification?
John Hendryx at Reformation Theology has a beautifully written piece titled Are We Basing Justification on Sanctification?
From the article: “God’s grace cannot be earned before or after salvation. It only comes free. Only in [...]
Random Thoughts - 8/24/06
Thursday, August 24th, 2006I’m still playing with the “Random Thoughts” format. So for now, it’s random format as well, I guess.
Lord of the Sins:
Tim Challies has some interesting thoughts about being a slave to sin, with an illustration from Tolkien.
Edwards is My Homeboy, Too:
Justin Taylor has the scoop that Christianity Today is covering the resurgence of Calvinism in [...]
CNN.com - Pluto gets the boot - Aug 24, 2006
Thursday, August 24th, 2006CNN.com - Pluto gets the boot - Aug 24, 2006:
Leading astronomers declared Thursday that Pluto is no longer a planet under historic new guidelines that downsize the solar system from nine planets to eight.
We’re gonna need some new anagrams.
There are a number of interesting things in the article, but one in particular that caught my [...]
Psalm 119:25-32 “Daleth”
Wednesday, August 23rd, 2006This post is part of the series, Blogging Through Psalm 119. Please refer to that post for an index of all entries in this series.
This section of Psalm 119 is interesting. (I still don’t know the technical term for the 8-verse groupings - if you do, please comment!) As I was reviewing it and preparing [...]
Psalm 119:17-24 “Gimel”
Wednesday, August 23rd, 2006This post is part of the series, Blogging Through Psalm 119. Please refer to that post for an index of all entries in this series.
Psalm 119:17
17 Deal bountifully with your servant,
that I may live and keep your word. (ESV)
I keep looking at this verse, and can’t help but awe at God’s grace upon me, a [...]
Pregnancy Update, Week 14.71
Wednesday, August 23rd, 2006We already did a Week 14, so 14.71 approximates where we are in the week…
Praise God, the doctor appointment went well. We got to hear the heartbeat again! (No ultrasound pics, though.) The baby’s heartbeat is a strong 170 at this point, and everything is going pretty well. Shannon is still having issues with nausea, [...]
CNN.com - Spaceman spills the beans - Aug 22, 2006
Wednesday, August 23rd, 2006CNN.com - Spaceman spills the beans - Aug 22, 2006:
CNN.com is reporting that the name of NASA’s next manned lunar program has been accidentally revealed by ISS resident Jeff Williams:
But apparently U.S. astronaut Jeff Williams, floating 220 miles above Earth at the international space station, didn’t get the memo.
Williams let it slip Tuesday that the [...]
There is None Who Seeks After God
Monday, August 21st, 2006OldTruth.com has a great 15-minute clip from the White Horse Inn radio show about Romans 3:10-12:
Romans 3:10-12
10 as it is written:
“None is righteous, no, not one;
11 no one understands;
no one seeks for God.
12 All have turned aside; together they have become worthless;
no one does good,
not even one.” (ESV)
Specifically, they went to the Christian Booksellers Association [...]
Preaching to the Youth of Today
Monday, August 21st, 2006How do you reach the youth of today? How do you make the Gospel more appealing to “thoughtful young men” and reach the lost today?
You don’t. You simply preach the Gospel.
That’s the message of this week’s dose of Spurgeon from the Pyromaniacs blog. If you’re not reading Pyro on a regular basis, you ought to [...]



